Other places · North East England
Rowley Burn (Northumberland)
In or near Hexham.
Rowley Burn (Northumberland) in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Hexham · 5.7 km
About
Rowley Burn (Northumberland) is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Hexhamshire Moors SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Rowley Burn (also known as Rowley Brook and Ham Burn, NY 9358) is a stream in Northumberland, running around three miles south of Hexham before joining the Devil's Water, which flows into the River Tyne.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, completed around 731, recounts a story of the Battle of Heavenfield, which Bede says took place 'in loco, qui lingua Anglorum Denisesburna, id est Riuus Denisi, uocatur' ('in a place which in the language of the English is called Denisesburna, that is the stream of Denisus' around 634. William Greenwell found evidence in a charter issued for the Archbishop of York by Thomas de Whittington in 1233 that Denisesburna was identical with Rowley Burn, and the identification has been accepted since. Despite Bede's interpretation of the Old English word Denisesburna as meaning 'Denisus's stream', more recent scholarship has judged that the first…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9227, -2.0843
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Hexhamshire
- Postcode
- NE46 1SP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
- Nearest railway station
- Hexham — 5.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q101532738 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rowley Burn (Northumberland) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rowley Burn (Northumberland)?
- Rowley Burn (Northumberland) is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE46 1SP), in the parish of Hexhamshire.
- What is Rowley Burn (Northumberland)?
- Rowley Burn (Northumberland) in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Rowley Burn (Northumberland)?
- The nearest railway station is Hexham, about 5.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE46 1SP.
- Is Rowley Burn (Northumberland) a protected site?
- Yes — Rowley Burn (Northumberland) is part of the Hexhamshire Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Rowley Burn (Northumberland)?
- The nearest railway station is Hexham, about 5.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE46 1SP.